June 18, 2017

In all, 28 of the accused have been
discharged from the case, 24 acquitted so far, and 106 convicted. This
attests to the fairness of the trial.

In the second installment of the trial into the Mumbai blast
cases of March 1993, a special Tada (Terrorism and Disruptive Activities
Prevention Act) court on Fridayconvicted the gangster Abu Salem and
five others while acquitting one of the accused.
With this the curtain comes down on the trial of all those who could
be arrested. Around 30 are still at large, including Dawood Ibrahim, by
now designated an international terrorist, Tiger Memon, Chhota Shakeel
and others, who are thought to be hiding in Pakistan or the Gulf. No
doubt they will face the majesty of the law when apprehended.
There were 189 accused in the Mumbai bomb blasts case. Twelve
locations were targeted on March 12, 1993. The death toll was 257 and
more than 700 were injured. The trial of 123 of the accused was
concluded in 2007, with 100 convictions and 23 acquittals. The six
convicted on Friday and the lone accused set free were arrested
subsequently.
In all, 28 of the accused have been discharged from the case, 24
acquitted so far, and 106 convicted. This attests to the fairness of the
trial.
The Mumbai blasts were in revenge for the Babri mosque demolition by
Hindutva fanatics on December 6, 1992. But citizens cannot take the law
into their own hand even if they are deeply aggrieved. In this case they
took recourse to violence with Pakistan’s help. Mumbai Police cannot
escape blame. It was tipped off by an approver who had taken training in
Pakistan for the blasts, but didn’t believe him, so unbelievable was
the plot.

Map of L K Advani's Rath Yatra of 1990

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